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BOT approves potential settlement for water contamination
ON TO THE SEMIFINALS
BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Garden City Trojans took to Warren King Field for the last time on November 3rd, when the team beat Mepham 42-0. The team faces New Hyde Park in the semifinals on Saturday, November 11th at 1:30 p.m. at Hofstra.
Upgrades for village athletic fields BY RIKKI MASSAND
At the Garden City Village Board of Trustees’ meeting held on November 2, Superintendent of Recreation and Parks Paul Blake shared updates on the work that has been done to improve surface conditions at several municipal sports fields, including those at St. Paul’s. The topic came up during a Board of Recreational and Cultural Affairs (Rec. Commission) meeting in the
spring, when three residents stated their displeasure with the field conditions during games. Since then the Village of Garden City has taken several measures to improve the fields, as Blake detailed. “Field conditions are improving week-by-week as we’ve been out working on all of the village-owned and operated fields and we’ve tried going through them in a logical order. At St. Paul’s as you’ve all seen the fencing
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up, we closed approximately one-third of the playing fields. We’ve utilized one of the pieces of equipment purchased last year; the ballfield conditioner machine has a thatching attachment and we were able to thatch the field for the first time in recent memory – many dump trucks full of thatch were loaded and all of it was removed,” Blake reported. He continued, “That area See page 28
At its meeting on Thursday, November 2, the Garden City Board of Trustees’ approved a settlement of a longstanding lawsuit against DuPont and 3M for contamination of village groundwater and drinking water with PFAS, a group of chemicals which do not easily break down in the environment. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi said, “PFAS are sometimes referred to as ‘forever chemicals’ and the village’s potable water supply wells have been contaminated by certain PFAS chemicals.” He added that the PFAS chemicals (PFOA and PFOS) are used in industrial applica-
tions and in consumer products, including on cookware such as non-stick frying pans. The chemicals’ scientific names are Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website notes “PFAS are widely used, long-lasting chemicals, components of which break down very slowly over time. There are thousands of PFAS chemicals, and they are found in many different consumer, commercial, and industrial products. This makes it challenging to study and assess the potential human health and environmental risks.” Suozzi’s update on November 2nd highlighted the possible outSee page 27
“Meet a Veteran” at the Library this weekend The Garden City Public Library is hosting a “Meet A Veteran” event on Saturday, November 11, between 9:45 and 10:45 a.m., prior to the annual Veterans Day ceremony at the 7th Street Gazebo hosted by William Bradford Turner Post No. 265. The cards and letters teen volunteers created for the Great Give Back event will be presented to
the veterans. The program is for patrons of all ages and seating is on a first come, first served basis. (Teens who volunteer to attend will receive community service. Sign up on Eventkeeper is for tweens and teens in Grades 6–12.) For more information visit the Garden City Library website, www.gardencitypl.org.
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